All life forms use energy. In this
session, explore the transfer and conversion of the potential energy
in food, and see how that energy is stored. Through animations,
witness photosynthesis, the process by which plant cells capture
the ultimate energy source for all foodsunlight.

Program Questions

Answers

1. Where do we get energy?

All of our energy for life comes from
food.

2. How do we get energy from food?

Digestion breaks food down to nutrient
molecules. Nutrient molecules then move to all the cells in
the body The process of respiration releases all the energy
stored in these molecules.